IceTV now recommends TV shows to viewers

April 30th, 2008

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Introducing IceTV Recommendations, Australia’s first intelligent TV show recommendation system for digital free-to-air viewers..

IceTV customers can now automatically receive intelligent suggestions on TV shows that may interest them based on their favourite TV shows, series recordings and similar recording decisions made by fellow IceTV users.

IceTV Recommendations are provided to IceTV users on an ongoing basis thanks to a recent partnership with Perth based Australian start-up, Recommendation Ventures Pty Ltd. The two pioneering companies have teamed-up to give users intuitive recommendations, based on the individual user’s tastes. When combined with the existing value-add features of IceTV, Recommendation Venture’s intelligent technology will allow user’s to receive truly personalised suggestions and as a result, an even greater TV viewing experience.

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Suggested TV shows are displayed as an IceTV Recommendation using a separate “green star” icon within the IceTV electronic program guide (EPG), allowing IceTV users to easily locate and then select them for more information.

From there the choice is entirely yours, easily set the recommended TV show to remotely record onto your compatible device at home within a few simple ‘clicks’, or simply choose to ‘remove’ it.

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“The system is so simple. You can either ignore the suggested TV show or conveniently set your device at home to go ahead and record it. It’s a case of – WE recommend & then let YOU decide….it is a fantastic and easy way for you to discover shows that you may not have known about ” said Matt Kossatz, IceTV’s General Manager.

Following several weeks of successful trials, IceTV & Recommendation Ventures have today officially launched the IceTV Recommendation feature as part of the IceTV Service.

When combined with IceTV’s existing service offerings, Australian users are once again given unmatched functionality and flexibility with their digital TV viewing.

“This partnership is personally very exciting. I’m a huge fan of IceTV watching time-shifted television, and when we first designed the recommendation engine it was television shows that I most wanted to see being recommended. It’s fantastic receiving TV recommendations that match my tastes, it’s like my own personalised television guide that adapts to what I love,”said Richard Giles, CEO of Recommendation Ventures.

See today’s Press Release for more information or click here to see a quick video demonstration.

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